Georgia lawmakers debate legalizing silencers as gun safety bills stall

Georgia lawmakers debate legalizing silencers as gun safety bills stall

ATLANTA — Georgia has some of the loosest gun laws in the nation, but a bill to remove the state’s restriction on silencers tested lawmakers’ limits.

Georgia lawmakers stall on tax credit for gun safes, defeat silencer bill

Georgia's House Bill 79, which would have provided a tax credit for the purchase of gun safes, stalled in the Senate, while a bill to remove the state's restriction on silencers fell four votes short in the House. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.